Day 158
Tonight I’m sleeping with Brutus. He is gorgeous … at 182 pounds he is fit and all muscle. He is sweet, attentive, and very loving. He has sandy brown hair speckled with white (or the other way around), has soulful brown eyes and beautiful pearly white, perfectly straight teeth.
He is also a wonderful kisser.
And if he weren’t a dog I might just date him!
Yes, I’m at Sam’s … sleeping on the couch with Brutus checking on me (aka: slobbering on me, pawing at me, looking lovey-dovey into my eyes) every few minutes to make sure I haven’t gone away. He loves me. I mean he REALLY loves me. And that’s a good thing … cuz I’d rather have a 182 pound dog love me than not!
He is a 4 year old Great Dane/St. Bernard mix … and despite his size (which is HUGE) he is ALL lap dog. He is a goober head! If you sit on the couch, he wants to sit next to you – or ON you. And that, at times, can cause problems because he’ll pin you down and until he feels like getting up – you are stuck with this monster dog slung across your lap cutting off the circulation to your legs! I know, I’ve had it happen! I had to convince him that the squirrels in the yard needed his attention more than I did and it took 20 minutes to do so!
In any case, I’m “back home” for the weekend … seeing Sam and the dogs, friends and family. A BUSY weekend is ahead and that’s a good thing too … it’ll be great to connect in person again! I drove by the ol’ house today and oddly felt like I was driving by what could have been ANY house … not the one that I lived in for 26 years! I found it oddly odd … and okay at the same time. I almost felt guilty that I didn’t miss it! Almost.
Sam and I walked down the block to “our place” – a cute, downtown restaurant and had dinner on the patio … it was, as it has always been, wonderful. It was so nice to spend the evening with her … and as much as I’ve missed her, it didn’t seem like I hadn’t seen her in 2 months! Another good thing!
So, here I am … day one of my trip down, four to go … and I’m sleeping with Brutus. Well, he’s on the floor next to me (at the moment) and that is good … but we’ll see how long that lasts. If you don’t see a blog from me tomorrow – assume he climbed up onto the couch at night and I’m pinned under him and I can’t get up!